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| #4 |
6-10-2008 @ 12:21:32 AM |
| Posted By : Subourbon187 |
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Drove alongside a C3 of similar vintage the other day. I never realized how low they rode, at least in comparison to my Chrysler. I felt like I was sitting a foot higher than the lady driving the Vette. It was the same color if I recall so it might have been a "Special Edition" as well.
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| #5 |
6-10-2008 @ 03:06:27 AM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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Spend about $2500 on a decent 350 crate engine and bolt it in. Problem solved.
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| #6 |
6-10-2008 @ 03:11:53 AM |
| Posted By : Muntz05 |
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#5, losing originality will have you killed in some circles.
i always say fuck original parts, make the car your own, and make it a blast to drive. its your car.
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| #7 |
6-10-2008 @ 03:16:14 AM |
| Posted By : UFO |
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#6, Thats the difference between having a car you want, and having a car you think the next owner will want.
I'll choose the former everytime
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| #8 |
6-10-2008 @ 03:16:35 AM |
| Posted By : Subourbon187 |
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#6, I agree when you have a sub 200hp factory motor in a car known for stomping all over Mustangs, Imports and the like. But I can't stand it when these yuppie baby boomers start hacking up classics with chrome and LS1's and dayglo paint. Originality is one thing, being an attention grubbing dickhead is another.
[Edited by Subourbon187 on 6-10-2008 @ 03:16:52 AM]
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| #9 |
6-10-2008 @ 03:22:32 AM |
| Posted By : Muntz05 |
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#8, there's a fine line. i attended a carshow this weekend with mostly older cars (i promise i'll upload the pics if i ever get a free second) lots of 40s and 50s cars had newer LS1s and such crammed in them, and were laughed out of the lot, while a few older camaros and mustangs that were built with edelbrock parts, and basically custom tuned were frowned upon as if they were in the same circle because of the loss of originality. in my opinion, something simply being OLD doesn't make it show worthy. while the cars are beautiful, i'd rather see someone's hard work be poured into something rather than see them buy it, never drive it, and keep it covered in a garage for 40+ years.
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| #10 |
6-10-2008 @ 03:28:17 AM |
| Posted By : Subourbon187 |
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#9, I know people are going to customize their cars however they want to...they have every right to. But we reserve the right to chastise them if we find the modifications disagreeable. As far as classics go, I'm definitely not saying that someone should stash their first gen Camaro in a garage under a tarp until the rapture. I just think that one should stop and think before taking a sawzall and doing something to their classic car that'll cut it's collector's value in half. If people never modified their cars in any way, then no automotive subculture would exist.
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| #11 |
6-10-2008 @ 03:31:37 AM |
| Posted By : Muntz05 |
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#10, i agree with you. there are only so many mint vehicles available as the cars from the middle of the last century become more rare. i'm just saying that i hate to see guys with cars from the 60s get praised because they've simply done nothing but own them for a while, while dudes that tastefully (and i use the term loosely) modify their old school vehicles to give them some flavor
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| #12 |
6-10-2008 @ 03:33:04 AM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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I don't know what you guys are going on about...this is only a 1982 model. It's not exactly museum material yet.
Plus, there are plenty of these around with low mileage on them....open up any Classic Car Trader and you'll find at least two with under 50k original miles. There's a big difference between dropping a crate engine (easily reversible, BTW) into a 1982 'Vette, and then hacking an original 1940s vintage sedan to pieces and gluing a lot of billet to it.
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| #13 |
6-10-2008 @ 03:38:25 AM |
| Posted By : Subourbon187 |
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#11, Yeah, there are too many over-tanned old farts acting like their God's gift to the ladies auxiliary at the local car cruises over the summer. They show off the 40 year old Hot Rod they bought two years ago from out of state and haven't even so much as changed a spark plug on. To me they're just as lame as all the 20-something turd burglars who throw big wheels on a newer car their parents bought them and derive their self worth from how many coats of wax they put on it.
#12, We were talking more about the culture of car modifying rather than any specific car.
[Edited by Subourbon187 on 6-10-2008 @ 03:39:37 AM]
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| #15 |
6-10-2008 @ 03:47:20 AM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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#14, Same, although hacked-up bondo wagons have a special place in my heart. :)
I also don't assume that every stock, show-quality vintage car is never driven. What rule says an older car has to have an Edelbrock carburator and Cragar wheels before it can be street-driven?
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| #16 |
6-10-2008 @ 10:17:51 AM |
| Posted By : 89Rettagt |
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#10, canadian tarp?
dropping a big block in a 6cyl car is no tragedy in my eyes.
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| #17 |
6-10-2008 @ 04:39:11 PM |
| Posted By : Tastycakemix |
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#5, x2.
Stick a LS2 or LSx in there and rule.
I'm ok with originality but the designers and factory workers weren't ancient beings that must be respected. They were just average folks and interns with massive deadlines that had to adhere to regulations. If I designed a car years back, I'd take huge pride in it. However, if 30 yrs later someone wanted to put a more powerful engine in one of my cars that they bought? i'd be honored!!
If someone came and said "No, you must leave the factory engine in there." I'd say "Whatta doing?? If you want nastalgia go ahead. I want my design to stay modern + history vs. just history."
If someone was willing to solve known problems in my design years later, go right ahead. When Chop Shop did a redo of a Bricklin, Malcolm Bricklin was extremely happy. He didn't want them to do a complete resto.
Some of these cars are just cars, not art work that cannot be improved.
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